Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week. And I am adding what I purchased, swapped, etc.   A fellow HF Blogger Round Table member sent me the following, all out of the sheer delightful kindness of her heart because she is just beyond cool...

Have you seen the Round Tablers on Facebook yet? We finally thought of creating a Facebook Fan Page for the Historical Fiction Bloggers Round Table!  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Historical-Fiction-Bloggers-Round-Table/327277469175 That is our fan page, and I would love it if you would become a fan!!...

Welcome to the continuation of the Round Table Week promoting The Secret of the Glass. Read my review of The Secret of The Glass here. ENTER TO WIN THIS PENDANT AT THE MAIN HFBRT SITE! You have two chances to win Donna Russo Morin’s newest historical novel, The Secret of the Glass. The Round Table is giving away...

Hot off the presses via Simon Schuster Alert in my E-mailbox this morning:The third installment in Kate Emerson's Tudor series:Secrets of the Tudor Court: By Royal Decree will be released on December 14, 2010 in Trade Paperback!!! I cannot WAIT to see this cover.. Emerson's previous books have been blessed with some very...

Available TODAY! The Secret of the Glass by Donna Russo Morin Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Kensington; Original edition (February 23, 2010) ISBN-13: 978-0758226921 Review copy provided by the publisher The Burton Review Rating: "At the dawn of the 17th Century, the glassmakers of Murano are revered as master...

Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week. And I am adding what I purchased, swapped, etc. I won an Ebay Lot of Victoria Holt/Phillippa Carr books, some are dupes so I've got those to bring to the used book store if they don't get claimed on Swaptree/bookmooch...

What a week. It has been a little crazy and didn't get to read too much until later in the week, but I have finished reading Elizabeth Chadwick's The Greatest Knight, which was issued last fall. I ultimately enjoyed it, but my review will come up closer to the Elizabeth Chadwick event that the Historical Fiction...

Hugh and Bess by Susan Higginbotham ISBN: 978-1402215278 Price: $14.99 Published July 2009 by Sourcebooks, originally published 2007 Review copy provided by the author/publisher The Burton Review Rating: "Forced to marry Hugh le Despenser, the son and grandson of disgraced traitors, Bess de Montacute, just 13 years...

TEASER TUESDAYS is hosted by ShouldBeReading and asks you to: ♠Grab your current read. ♠Let the book fall open to a random page. ♠Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page. ♠You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations...

Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week. And I am adding what I purchased, swapped, etc. For review, from Sourcebooks:A Cottage by the Sea by Ciji WareI LOVED her book Island by the Swans, (review here, interview here) I had to jump on the chance...

Who is your favorite Literary Couple?I recently ran a contest for the book giveaway of Robin Maxwell's newest novel, O, Juliet.The entrants were required to tell me who their favorite literary lovers were. Since it is Valentine's Day, I decided to tally up the entries and post the mentions that were duplicated more than...

Many of you know that I live in North/East Texas. And if you don't .. now you do. And my goodness, these parts of Texas got some record breaking snow Thursday and Friday! So, the kiddos and ME stayed home on Friday! A snow day.. and that is something I have not had since my days of growing up on Long Island in New York.It...